Wagon running-gear



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H. W. WHITNEY.

WAGON RUNNING GEAR. i t No. 301,546. Patented July 8,1884.

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OF MONROE, WISGONSIN.

WAGON RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,546, dated July 8,1884.

To alZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEZEKIAH W. WHIT- NEY, residing at Monroe, in thecounty of Green and State of Wisconsin, and acitizen of the UnitedStates, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wagon Running-Gear,of

. which the following is a full description, refview of the frontbolster-plate; Fig. 5, a section on line a: m of Fig. 1;, Fig. 6, a sideelevation of the front coupling of the reach; Fig. 7, a side elevationof the rear coupling of the reach.

- This invention relates to the running-gear of wagons and othervehicles, and has for itsobjects to connect the front bolster with theaxle and avoid the passage of the king-bolt through the bolster,sand-bar, and axle, and

prevent the wearing of these parts from the king-bolt in use, andfurnish a connection which will do the required work in a perfect andreliable manner, and beless liable to breakage, andto insure the liningor tracking of the wheels; and its nature consists in the several; partsand combinations of parts hereinafter: described, and pointed out in theclaims as 1 parts are together.

the upper face of the sand-bar by bolts (2, the

In the drawings, A represents a plate, of malleable iron or othersuitable material, hav- 1 ingits front and rear sides formed on the arcof a circle, and having at each end an car, A,

in which is an opening for the passage of a bolt, bywhich the plate canbe secured to the under side of the bolster. The front of this plate Ais provided with a curved slot, a,

through which the king-bolt 1) passes, and the rear of the plate isprovided with a curved slot, a, for the passage of a bolt, 1).

B is a conical-shaped opening, located at or near the center of theplate.

13 is an annular groove, formed in the face of the plate A around thecentral opening, B, which groove, as shown, is of a V shape, but

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is countersunk. at the point where the bolts d come, to allow the nutsof the bolts to lie be:

low or eomefiush with such upper face.

0 is a plate, of malleable iron or other suitable material, having itsfront and rear edges formed on the arcs of circles, and having at eachend an ear, 0, in which is an opening for the passage of abolt forattaching the plate to the upper surface of the sandbar. The front ofthe plate 0 is not as wide as the front of the plate A, so as to leave aclear space in front of C, for the passage of the king-bolt through theslot a; and the rear edge of the plate is provided with an opening, 0,for the bolt 2) to pass through, connecting the plates A O at the rearwith each other.

D is a conical-shaped boss or stud, located at the center, or nearly so,of the plate (3, and entering the conical socket B in the plate A, andaround this stud D, on the face of the plate 0, is formed an annularflange or ring, D, corresponding in cross-section to the form incross-section of the groove B,-and entering such groove in whole or inpart when the The plate 0 is secured to surrounded byastrengtheningfiange for the passage of the front end of the reach, andhaving projecting out from its front face, at the top and bottom of theopening, ears E, in

each of which and in line is an opening, 6, which openings, when thepartsare together, are also in line with the openings at in the plate A,to allow the king-bolt to be passed through the ears and connect thebolster with the axle. This plate E is secured to the front face of theaxle and the sand-bar by suitable bolts, 6, passing through slots 6 inthe plate and through the axle and sand-bar, and is located to bring theopening at its center in line with the opening between the sand-bar andthe axle, or nearly so. The slots 6 are located one at each corner ofthe plate, and are elongated to allow the plate to be moved to the rightor left, as required, to change the relative position of the reach tocause the wheels to track or run in line.

F is a plate, of malleableiron or other suitthe proper point for thelocation of the reach,

and these slots are elongated to permit the plate to be moved to theright or left, as required, to change the rear end of the reach andbring the wheels so that they will track or run in line properly.

G is the front axle; H, the sand-bar; H, thimbles between the front axleand the sandbar and around the bolts d, for keeping the sand-bar andaxle at the proper distance apart;

I, the front bolster; J, the reach, the front end of which, as shown,has a bolt, h, passing through it transversely for strengthening pur- 5These parts G, H, and I, may be of i any of the usual andwell-knownforms of poses.

construction, except no opening is provided through them for the passageof the kin g-bolt, thus avoiding the weakening of these parts from suchking-bolt opening.

In use, the plate A is secured to the under face of the front bolster bythe bolts d, or otherwise, and the plate G is secured to the upper faceof the sand-bar by the bolts d, or in some other suitable manner, and,as shown, these bolts 03 also furnish the means for securing thesand-bar to the axle. The plate E is secured to the front face of thesand-bar and to the front axle by the bolts e,or otherwise, and theplate-F is secured to the rear face of the rear axle and bolster bybolts passing through the slots f. The reach is passed between the rearaxle and bolster, and its rear end secured in place by the bolt 9passing through it and the flange F. The front end of the reach ispassed between the front axle and the sand-bar through the opening inthe plate E and between the ears E to bring the openings in its front inline with the openings e in the ears. The bolster is placed on thesand-bar, the stud D entering the opening B,

and the ring D entering the recess B. The bolt 1) is passed through theopening a and slot (0, and secured by a nut, and the kingbolt Z) ispassed through the slot a, opening 6 in E, and the opening in the reach,and in case the'wheels do not track or run in'line properly the plates EF can be moved to the right or left, asrequired, by simply loosening thebolts, and when the proper adjustment is reached the plates can besecured by again tightening the nuts of the bolts which secure theplates in position.

It will be seen that by this construction and arrangement of devices theking-bolt is entirely removed fromthe bolster, sand-bar, and axle, andat the same time it furnishes the proper connection for the front of thewagon.

There can be no wearing of the bolster, sandbar, and axle from theking-bolt in use, and these parts are not weakened by having a hole madethrough them. A pivot is furnished for the bolster to turn on withgreater freedom than on an ordinary king-bolt, and a bearing-surface isprovided around the pivotal point of small dimensions, and a ready andeasy means of adjustment is provided by which the wheels can be made totrack or run in line properly.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Theplate A, having slots at a, socket B, and groove B, plate 0, havingpivot D and ringD, bolt 1), king'bolt b, and plate E, having ears E, incombination with a front axle,

-sandbar, front bolster,,and a reach for furnishing a connection for thefront end of a wagon, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The plate E, having an opening for the passage of a reach, andprovided with slots 6, l

4. The plates E F, each provided with an.

opening for the passage of a reach, and with slots, in combination witha reach for attaching the reach to be laterally adjustable,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

HEZEKIAH' W. WHITNEY. Witnesses:

U. G. DURGIN, HENRY H. SKELLY.

